White House not surprised Facebook knew about Covid-19 vaccine misinformation

Researchers at Facebook were well aware that misinformation about coronavirus was spreading across its platform but did little to prevent it. When Facebook was asked to explain how it was dealing with anti-vaxxers and others spreading mistruths, the company took weeks to respond or ignored. The trove of documents shows that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook carefully investigated how its platforms spread misinformation. They also reveal how rank-and-file employees regularly suggested solutions for countering anti-vaccine content on the site, to no avail. The scale of the problem is known only to Facebook and it has not been shared with the White House. Facebook employees face a losing battle as they tried to combat misinformation with possibility that any post could potentially go viral at any time. Comments were as bad as postings in some cases and almost impossible to police.

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